Snap buckle slide



Jan. 5, 1932.

T. RUSSELL 1 ,839,896

SNAP BUCKLE SLIDE Filed Nov. 12. 1930 I Svwemtoz Theodore Russell. 9513 flaw m ing a Patented Jan. 5, 1932 ETED sTATEs This invention relates to buckles, and more particularly to an one-piece buckle ient central section adapted to I secured upon a cooperating post member 10- THEODORE niissELL, OZEINAUGA'IUGK,

SM? BUoK nsLrpE Application u a masts-12,1930. Serial No. 495,098.

improved form" of slide having a two-pa tresilbe det chably acted therebeneath.

One'object of a buckle slide ofthe above nature which will this invention is to provide be especially adapted for use on the straps of shoes,

gloves and thelike to'perm'i't said straps to be readily adjusted.

A further object is slide of the above nature havinga frame pro-' vided with a central cross-bar,"slotted and shaped to resiliently lock upon apost menuher.

A further object is to provide a buckle slide of the above nature having a plurality of projecting barbs for engaging the strap to reduce the stresses upoii'the buckle slide and prevent slippage.

A. further object is slide of the above nature: which ciirely mounted a strap without to provide a buckle may be sein adjustable position upon the use of unsightly attaching staples or stitches.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which will besimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, "easy to install and manipulate, ornamental in appearance, and very eflicient and durable in use.

, With these and other objects in view there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawings three forms in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 represe nts a perspective view of the preferred form of the buckle slide embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sid taken along the in the direction sition beneath t to assembly.

F g. is a pla the invention.

Fig. 5 is'a sid e sectional view of the same, line 83 of Fig. 2 looking of the arrows, and illustratcooperating post member in alined pohe buckle slide, preparatory n View of a modified form of e sectional view, taken along ries connneriou'r thelin'e 5-e5"of,Fig. 4E, and showing a post member beneath the buckle slide.

' Fig. 6 isa plan view of another modified form of buckle slide.

Fig. r

is a sectional view taken along the lin'e'77 of Fig-.6 and also showing a post member in alinedposition.

Referring now to the like reference numerals ing parts throughout the several views, I I numeral 10 indicates the to provide a buckle drawings in which denote correspondthe body frame of the 1, 2, and 3.'the crossbars 14 and 15 are offset downwardly at their central portions16a and 17 out ofthe plane of the frame 10, and the inner edges of said-portions 16a and 17 are provided with opposed semi-circular recesses issue 19:

apart .and resiliently snappe which are adapted to be spread,

d over a post 20 of a post member 21 when said buckle slide is pressed down upon said post. The frame 10 is adapted to strap 22 which is threaded 11 and 12, thereof, while is permanently secured supported upon a through the openings the post member E21 be adjustably upon'a strap 22a. as shown in Fig. 3. The buckle slide is adapted to be securely held againstlong'itudinal slippage by two pairs of barb upwardly extending s 23 and 24 located on the outer si'les of the cross bars 14 and 15. It thus be seen that the strap 22 will be gripped by the slide at both sides of the slot 13, and that the pulling forces upon the strap will be partially taken up by said strap,

' so that the stress exerted at the narrow neck 14 011 the 'unslotted side of the frame 10 will reducedto the minimum- One advantage of the'oifset construction of. thebars 1d and 15 is that the buckle slide may be more easily snapped over the post member 211than would otherwise be the case. In'other words, when this operation is performed by hand, the thumb of the us er will not obstruct the passage of the post 20 up through the central aperture between the recesses 18 and 19.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the body frame 25 of the buckle slide has a central cross bar 26 provided with a pair of resilient post-engaging tongues 27 and 28 bent downwardly and inwardly therefrom. This slide is formed by first shearing a pair of U-shaped slits in the outer portions of the frame 25 prior to bending down the tongues 27 and 28 therefrom. In making the shearing slits above mentioned, a pair of curved ears 29 and 30 will preferably be left in the end bars 31 and 32 of the buckle frame thereby producing a pair of opposed recesses 33-and 3 1 in the adjacent inner edges of the bent-under tongues 27 and 28.

The ears 29 and 30 are preferably downwardly inclined so as to engage with a strap 1 85 to prevent slippage. By means of this construction it will be seen that the tongues 27 and 28 will yield resiliently in an outward direction'and whenforced downwardly will snap down over the post 36 of the post member 37 mounted on a stra 38.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the construction of buckle slide is identical with that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 with the exception that the central cross bars 39 and 40 of the body frame 41 are not offset, but are flat and located in the plane of the frame. This form of buckle slide may be made at a somewhat less cost than the first .two illustrated forms, and a more compact construction is thereby produced. ,7

While there have been disclosed in this specification three forms in'which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these forms are shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to belimited but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. Inshort, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully describedthe-invention, Whatis claimed as new, andfor which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is z; j

1. In a snap buckle slide, a body member having a pair of integral resilientlyeonnected apertured' strap-receiving end sections, a-

recessed .slot being left between said end sections and being adapted to detachably snap over a cooperating post member, the recess in said slot being located at the center of said slot.

.2. In a snap buckle slide, a body member having resiliently-connected apertured strapre'ceiving end sections with an open side slot therebetween, the inner sidesof said sections being recessed and offset downwardly to de-,

tachably snap over a cooperating post memto thespecific disclosures:

her, the recess in said slot being located at the center of said slot.

3. In a snap buckle slide, a one-piece body member havinga cross bar and a pair of end strap-receiving openings, said cross bar having an open slot extending thereinto from one side thereof to a point. adjacent the other side thereof, said slot having opposed recesses at the center of said cross bar to snap upon a post member when pressed down thereon.

4. I11 a snap buckle slide, a one-piece body member having a pair of integral resiliently connected strap-receiving end sections and a cross bar, said cross bar having an open slot extending thereinto from one side thereof to a point adjacent the other side thereof, said slot having opposed recesses at the center of said cross bar to detachably snap upon a post member when pressed down thereon.

5. In a snap buckle slide, a body member having a pair'of integral resiliently connected end. sections, an open side slot being left between said sections to snap over a cooperating post membergsai'd slide having a plurality of non-slipping projections adapted to engage a strap threaded through said slide, said slot extending from one side of said body member to a point adjacent the opposite side thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature to this specification. 

